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Tracking under-reported financial flows : China’s development finance and the aid-conflict nexus revisited
Strange, Austin M.; Parks, Bradley; Tierney, Michael J.; … - 2015
on 1,511 projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our … better understand the link between aid and conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526723
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A replication of "The long-run impact of foreign aid in 36 African countries: insights from multivariate time series analysis" (Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014)
Roger, Lionel - 2019
Macroeconomic data have been shown to vary substantially between sources, especially so for low-income countries. While the impact of data revisions on inference is well documented for cross-country studies, there is no systematic analysis of the robustness of results obtained from time series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139181
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The real exchange rate, foreign aid and macroeconomic transmission mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana
Jusélius, Katarina; Reshid, Adbulaziz; Tarp, Finn - 2013
A recent study of 36 sub-Saharan African countries found a positive impact of aid in the absolute majority of these countries. However, for Tanzania and Ghana, two major aid recipients, aid did not seem to have been equally beneficial. This paper singles out these two countries for a more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128334
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A replication of "The long-run impact of foreign aid in 36 African countries : insights from multivariate time series analysis" (Oxford Bulletin of Statistics and Economics, 2014)
Roger, Lionel - 2019
Macroeconomic data have been shown to vary substantially between sources, especially so for low-income countries. While the impact of data revisions on inference is well documented for cross-country studies, there is no systematic analysis of the robustness of results obtained from time series...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990915
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Tracking under-reported financial flows: China's development finance and the aid-conflict nexus revisited
Strange, Austin M.; Parks, Bradley; Tierney, Michael J.; … - 2015
on 1,511 projects to 50 African countries. We use this database to extend previous research on aid and conflict, which … withdrawals of "traditional" aid no longer induce conflict in the presence of sufficient alternative funding from China. Our … better understand the link between aid and conflict. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520608
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Mostly harmless? A subnational analysis of the aid-conflict nexus
van Weezel, Stijn - 2017
Although most aid projects are aimed at local development, most research on the aid-conflict nexus is based on the … country-year as unit of analysis. In contrast, this study examines the link between aid commitments and conflict intensity at … local aid allocations. The data shows that in general the spatial interdependence between aid and conflict is low, as aid is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928049
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Mostly harmless? : a subnational analysis of the aid-conflict nexus
Weezel, Stijn van - 2017
Although most aid projects are aimed at local development, most research on the aid-conflict nexus is based on the … country-year as unit of analysis. In contrast, this study examines the link between aid commitments and conflict intensity at … local aid allocations. The data shows that in general the spatial interdependence between aid and conflict is low, as aid is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774698
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FOREIGN AID AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: NEW EVIDENCE FROM PANEL COINTEGRATION
Hatemi-J, Abdulnasser; Irandoust, Manuchehr - In: Journal of Economic Development 30 (2005) 1, pp. 71-80
The relationship between foreign aid and economic growth is investigated for a panel of developing countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Sri-Lanka, and Tanzania) over the period 1974-1996. The results reveal that the variables contain a panel unit root and they cointegrate in a panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351140
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Foreign aid instability and bundled governance dynamics in Africa
Simplice, Asongu; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
Purpose- With the recent financial crisis and reduction of foreign aid by donor countries, the aid-institutions debate is shifting to how aid instability affects governance in developing countries. We engage the policy debate by assessing the role of foreign aid instability on governance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596331
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Is the Threat of Foreign Aid Withdrawal an Effective Deterrent to Political Oppression? Evidence from 53 African Countries
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study complements existing literature on the aid-institutions nexus by focusing on political rights, aid volatilities and the post-Berlin Wall period. The findings show that while foreign aid does not have a significant effect on political rights, foreign aid volatilities do mitigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596356